Legal Environment 5th Edition by Jeffrey Beatty,Susan Samuelson

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Reserve Supply Corp., a cooperative of 379 lumber dealers, charged that Owens- Corning Fiberglass Corp. violated the Robinson-Patman Act by selling at lower prices to Reserve's competitors. It presented proof that these prices had harmed competition. Owens-Corning admitted that it had granted lower prices to a number of Reserve's competitors to meet, but not beat, the prices of other insulation manufacturers. Is Owens-Corning in violation of the RPA?
A) Yes, because the RPA requires that manufacturers charge all competitors the same price.
B) Yes, because any difference in price is a per se violation of the RPA.
C) Yes, because these price variations harmed competition.
D) No, because a manufacturer is not liable under the RPA if it charges lower prices to meet competition.